Wow, that was a lot of voting. So many great videos, but only one can be called KidVid Tournament 2010 champion. That would be Brian Vogan's gorgeously animated video for "That's How a Pumpkin Grows" from his Little Songs album.
Vogan's new as-yet-untitled album is tentatively set for release in mid-July and will feature songs about such topics as "dinosaurs, hungry frogs, shuttle rides to outer space, and cardboard box time machines." (It would make me very happy to discover that's a Calvin & Hobbes reference.) Also: guest vocalist Rachel Flotard from Visqueen (among others), so, woot!
Thanks, everyone, for watching, voting and spreading the word. Not to mention, thanks to all the artists for participating and making such excellent videos. So here, for the last time, is the championship-winning video. After four rounds of voting, hopefully you'll be ready to watch it again by Halloween...
Brian Vogan - "That's How A Pumpkin Grows" [YouTube]

The time is at hand for the KidVid Tournament 2010 Championship. From the beginning, this has been a very Seattle-focused tournament, like those years when the Big East or ACC gets a bajillion teams into the tournament and 3 teams into the Final Four for the NCAA basketball championships (or the WCHA in the Frozen Four). Except those teams generally don't cheer for or even assist their conference mates, as many of the Seattle bands did when they weren't actually competing against one another. As they are today.
This matchup pits a couple Seattle artists against each other for the right to be called KidVid Tournament 2010 Champion -- Caspar Babypants and his "Itsy Bitsy Spider" video from More Please! against Brian Vogan and "That's How a Pumpkin Grows" from his Little Songs album. That title and $3.75 will get you coffee at Starbucks, I suppose.
Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments below, but the official results are based on the poll at the bottom of the page. One vote per person, please. One vote per person! (Please note, however, that I've got the IP monitoring cranked up on high so if you vote at a company and someone else there votes first, your IP may be blocked. Sorry for the inconvenience.) Votes due by noon tomorrow (Tuesday) East Coast time (or 9 AM Seattle time).
Finally, I'm happy that so many fans of both artists are voting, but please remember to keep your comments respectful, and, heck, watch both videos. They're both entirely different (simplicity, style, song type), but each quite effective. You might just find a new artist worth following.
Caspar Babypants - "Itsy Bitsy Spider" [YouTube]
Brian Vogan - "That's How A Pumpkin Grows" [YouTube]
KidVid Tournament 2010 Championship: Caspar Babypants vs. Brian Vogananswers

The other semi-final matchup of KidVid Tournament 2010 is an all-Seattle affair. (We've had a number of those this year.) It features the Leadbelly Regional winner Recess Monkey and their "Marshmallow Farm" video from Field Trip -- the video defeated the Not-Its in an epic Round 2 Seattle-based matchup. That video's going up against the Woody Guthrie Regional winner Brian Vogan and "That's How a Pumpkin Grows" from his Little Songs album -- it defeated a Readeez video in Round 2.

The first semi-final matchup of KidVid Tournament 2010 features the Pete Seeger Regional winner Caspar Babypants and his "Itsy Bitsy Spider" video from More Please! -- the video vanquished Dan Zanes in an epic Round 2 matchup. That video's going up against the Ella Jenkins Regional winner Debbie and Friends and "Willy Won't" from the upcoming More Story Songs and Sing-Alongs, who defeated a feisty Johnny Bregar in Round 2.
Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments below, but the official results are based on the poll at the bottom of the page. One vote per person, please. One vote per person! Votes due by 5 pm tomorrow (Friday) East Coast time. And, as I continue to say, play nice -- that means encouraging folks to watch both videos and avoiding trash-talking. Really, folks, it's just a silly internet contest.
Caspar Babypants - "Itsy Bitsy Spider" [YouTube]
Debbie and Friends: Willy Won't [YouTube]
KidVid Tournament 2010 Semifinal #1: Caspar Babypants vs. Debbie & Friendssurvey software

The other second round matchup of KidVid Tournament 2010 today is the Woody Guthrie Regional final featuring Brian Vogan's "That's How a Pumpkin Grows" from his Little Songs CD against "Counting for Pleasure" from Readeez'Volume 2 DVD (and Songeez CD).

The first round is for weeding out the pretenders -- the second round of KidVid Tournament 2010 features nothing but heavy-hitters -- or, to mix sports metaphors, it's the Slam Dunk Tournament of kids music. The first matchup today is the Leadbelly Regional final featuring Recess Monkey's "Marshmallow Farm" from their Field Trip CD against "Come Play at Our House" from The Not-Its'We Are the Not-Its! album.
Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments below, but the official results are based on the poll at the bottom of the page. One vote per person, please. One vote per person! Votes due by noon tomorrow (Thursday) East Coast time. And, as always, play nice -- that means encouraging folks to watch both videos and avoiding trash-talking. Don't make me come back there.
Recess Monkey - "Marshmallow Farm" [YouTube]
The Not-Its - "Come Play at Our House" [YouTube]
KidVid Tournament 2010: Recess Monkey vs. The Not-Itssurveys